Smoothing and sad iron heater



(N10 Model.)

- A. SGHMITT,

SMOOTHING AND SAD IRON HEATER.

No. 402,197. Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

4 Inventor flttor ney.

. Witnesses.

* UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANSELMSOHMIT", OF BUFFALO, NElV YORK.

S-MOOTHING AND SAD IRON HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,197,-dated April30, 1889.

Application filed February 8, 1889- To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, ANSELM ScHMITT, of Butfalo,in the county of Erie andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements onLaundry and Tailor Smoothing and Sad Iron Heaters; and I do herebydeclare that the following description of my said invention, taken inconnection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, formsa full, clear,and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to laundry and tailor stoves forheating sad and smoothing irons; and it consists, essentially, in thenovel and peculiar combination of parts and details of construction, ashereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate my saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvedlaundry and tailors stove. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,portions thereof being in section in line 00 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

- is a sectional plan below the line 31 y of Figs.

l and 2.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

The object of my present invention is the production of an efficientstove for heating flat and smoothing irons for laundry and tailors use.'To accomplish this object I construct this stove essentially of a base,A, having the usual ash-pit for the reception of the ash-pan B, saidbase being provided with a door, 0, having a sliding register, D, of thewell-known construction to admit air to the sliding and rocking grate E,operated by the handle F, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. Abovethe base A is located the firepot G, lined in its interior withfire-bricks, H, while above the fire-pot there is the flaring middlepiece, I, having a chute, J, provided with a suitable cover, j, throughwhich chute coal is fed to the fire-pot G in an obvious manner. Theflaring middle piece is covered by a plate, K, having in front and onboth corners openings 70, serving as passages for the hot gases ofcombustion from the fire-pot to the chimney, as hereinafter to bereferred to. The plate K is provided on its under side Serial No.299,145. (No model.)

with ribs L to stiffen the same, and thereby prevent its deflecting orsagging when hot. Instead of ribs I may, however, use a series of pipesopening in front of the middle piece and terminating in bends L in therear, whereby a current of air may pass through said pipes, and therebykeep the same at a temperature low enough to prevent their bending, and.

thereby, furthermore, sustaining said plate K in a fiat condition, whichit would not be able to preserve were the plate unsupported, owing tothe intense heat to which it is subjected. Upon the plate K, I locate aU shaped top, M, having doublewalls, so as to produce therein spaces N NN, the two former being the side spaces and the latter an end duct,there being in the side spaces partitions O, producing ducts P P, whichconvey the gases of combustion passing through the openings 70 70' intothe back or end duct, N, from whence they escape through an opening, Q,in the outer rear wall of the top into the flue R, having on its top thestove-pipe S in the regular and wellknown manner.

The front of the U-shaped top M is closed by a curved cover, T, hingedor otherwise at tached to the top M at m in any desirable manner.

The irons to be heated are placed upon the top K and the door or cover Tclosed, when the said plate K will soon transmit heat to the irons andbring them to a serviceable condition.

To prevent this laundry-stove from emitting heat in the warmer seasonsof the year,

I first place into the interior of the fire-pot G between the ironthereof and the fire-brick an asbestus lining, I, which will interceptthe heat rays and prevent them from reaching the outer iron shell of thefire-pot. In a like manner I shall line. the sides of the top withasbestus sheeting, (not shown,) so that this heater may be readily usedin the summer time without making its presence uncomfortably felt to thelaundress or tailor.

The efliciency of this heater is attained by the peculiar constructionof the plate K and the ducts in the top M, causing the heated gases tobe concentrated below the said plate 7 in the middle portion, I, andthen to pass forward through the openings in said plate- In this mannerthe plate is-always kept intensely hot and in the best condition totransmit heat to the flat or sl'noothing irons placed upon the same.

In the inner back Wall of the top )1, I locate a ventilator, U, to allowthe hot air in the in terior of said top to escape into the back flue,while in the said back flue I locate a further ventilator, V, to act asa damper and to regulate the draft of the fire.

To convert this heater into a stove for general heating purposes inaddition to its predesigned purpose, I remove the top M and substitutein place thereof one having no asbestus lining (such a stove being, infact, shown in the drawings) but being otherwise constructed asdescribed, so that all the plates and surfaces become radiators, andthereby attain the result desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure to me by Letters Patent of the United States 1. As an improvedarticle of manufacture, a laundry and tailor stove for heating flat andsmoothing irons, consisting, essentially, of the base having the grate,the fire-pot, the flaring i middle piece having the chute and cover, thel plate having the side openings, and the top having the side and backfines, and the hinged l cover, as and for the purpose set forth.

: and arranged in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have heretoset my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANSELM SCHMI'PT.

Attest:

MICHAEL J. STARK, WM. 0. STARK.

